Update of /project/climacs/cvsroot/climacs/Doc In directory clnet:/tmp/cvs-serv23856/Doc
Modified Files: climacs-user.texi Log Message: Added mention of new documentation commands to the user manual.
--- /project/climacs/cvsroot/climacs/Doc/climacs-user.texi 2006/07/01 22:41:05 1.8 +++ /project/climacs/cvsroot/climacs/Doc/climacs-user.texi 2006/07/01 23:11:19 1.9 @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ with. Most of these topics are obtained by some order using the @kbd{C-h} @kindex C-h -prefex key. The key following @kbd{C-h} determines what kind of help +prefix key. The key following @kbd{C-h} determines what kind of help information is displayed.
@menu @@ -573,6 +573,18 @@ * Help finding an order for a command:: @end menu
+@node Help with a command +@section Help with a command + +To get documentation about a particular command, use the order @kbd{C-h +f} +@kindex C-h f +(@command{Describe Command}). You will be prompted for +the name of a command, and if you provide a valid command name, a pane +containing information about which function the command calls, which +gestures the command can be invoked through, as well as a description of +the command, will be displayed. + @node Help with a key binding @section Help with a key binding
@@ -593,6 +605,26 @@ command name will be displayed in the minibuffer. Otherwise, a message indicating that the key is not bound to a command will be displayed.
+For more detailed information, use the order @kbd{C-h c} +@kindex C-h k +(@command{Describe Key}). You will be prompted for a key sequence, and +if the key sequence you provide is bound to a command, documentation for +that command, as well as any arguments the given key binding calls the +command with, will be shown. + +@node Help finding a command +@section Help findind a command + +If you do not know which commands are applicable to a given situation, +you can use the order @kbd{C-h a} +@kindex C-h a +(@command{Apropos Command}) to perform a keyword-based search for +commands. You will be prompted for a keyword, after which Climacs will +search through the available commands for commands that are connected to +the keyword. If commands are found, they will be displayed in a pane +along with the gestures you can use to invoke them. You can also click +on the names of the commands to get more thorough documentation. + @node Help finding an order for a command @section Help finding an order for a command